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| Date: | Friday 23 July 1971 |
| Time: | 15:12 |
| Type: |  MiG-21M |
| Owner/operator: | JG-7 Luftstreitkräfte |
| Registration: | 565 |
| MSN: | 963312 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kaltenborn -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| Flugplatz Drewitz |
Crashed due to asymmetrical landing flaps caused by cuttings in the hydraulic cylinder. Lt Klaus Mickin ejected too late and was killed.
Sources:
https://www.mil-airfields.de/de/drewitz.htm
https://home.snafu.de/veith/jg7.htm
http://www.mig-21-online.de/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Aug-2012 09:05 | TB | Added |
| 06-Aug-2012 10:23 | TB | Updated [Date, Registration, Cn, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Aug-2012 11:15 | TB | Updated [Time, Location, ] |
| 06-Jan-2020 14:19 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 28-Mar-2022 09:07 | JF | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-May-2025 13:06 | TB | Updated [Time, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
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